Our goal is the ultimate in patient safety, comfort, and privacy. One of only 3 ACHA Plastic Surgery ASCs in Miami-Dade. Award Winning Miami Surgery LLC State of The Art AHCA ASC Surgical Center
MIAMI SURGERY LLC·MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2019·
First Place Award Winning Healthcare Design:
"Miami Surgery, LLC is one of only 3 other AHCA certified ASCs in Miami-Dade County dedicated to plastic surgery, operated by only Board Certified Plastic Surgeons (American Board of Plastic Surgeons) One of the few facilities allowed to have overnight stays. Our Truly State of the art AHCA medical ambulatory surgery center is one of the finest in Florida, In addition we offer specialized surgeries for hand and other surgeries. Miami Surgery is more than an office surgery facility. Miami Surgery, Our Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) is unique and Federally Certified by the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA), the same certification and licensing agency that licenses all of the best hospitals in the state of Florida." Safety First: Miami Surgery, LLC staffs only board certified surgeons, anesthesiologist, registered nurses with the common aim of a perfect surgical experience. Our goal is to provide the ultimate in patient safety, comfort, and privacy. As Miami Surgery, LLC is one of only 3 other Plastic Surgery ASCs in Miami-Dade County Certified by AHCA, we are held to a higher standard. As a true Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC), we must adhere to over 2,000 strict government standards including: quality assurance, risk management, environmental and life safety, emergency management procedures, equipment sterilization and sterile processing protocols, strict pharmacy compliance, abundant back-up generator capacity, specific digital climate control and air handling systems. Miami Surgery, LLC must maintain the same safety equipmentand requirements as the hospital ambulatory surgery centers. Our operating room is larger than most plastic surgery operating rooms, and larger than many hospital ORs. We use the same anesthesia machines as the surrounding hospitals and have portable video laryngoscopy available if needed. Because we maintain a very strict sterile processing program and only perform elective plastic surgery procedures on healthy patients, our postoperative infection rates are substantially lower than that of other surgical facilities and hospitals. Having surgery in an AHCA accredited ambulatory surgery center decreases the patients\ risk of exposure to resistant bacteria like Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), which is more commonly found in hospitals. Having surgery in the hospital poses an ever increasing risk of acquiring a nosocomial infection (or a hospital acquired infection) from a multi-drug resistant pathogen like MRSA. In hospitals, this continuous rise in nosocomial infections with antibiotic resistant bacteria like MRSA, is typically explained by the indiscriminate use of antibiotics and the number of severely ill patients being treated there. Most infectious disease experts agree that the most common breeding ground for multi-drug resistant bacteria is within the hospital’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU). As the number of ICU beds increases, the number of nosocomial infections also increases. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/14750066/?i=2&from=/19665091/related
Though having surgery in the hospital can also be performed on an ambulatory basis, there is often cross contamination with furniture, clothing, and hospital staff that have encountered ICU patients. This can still happen despite the best hand washing and strongest infection control measures. Data from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) has consistently shown that that outpatient surgery has a lower risk of surgical site infection when compared to inpatient surgery in a hospital.https://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/PDFs/dataStat/2009NHSNReport.PDF Though surgical site infection risk is very low in an ambulatory surgery setting, it is still likely the most common major complications of elective plastic surgery. This is especially the case when implants are used during plastic surgery. Miami Surgery, LLC has taken every effort to further decrease infection risk. Our ambulatory surgery center has gone one step further. The operating room (OR), Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU), hallways, and exam room walls have all been treated with antibacterial paint. Antimicrobial quartz countertops and surfaces were used throughout the facility. Miami Surgery, LLC utilizes a very sophisticated air handling and High-Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) filtration system in the operating and recovery rooms. Use of these air handling and HEPA filtration systems has been shown to produce a statistically significant reduction in airborne bacterial colony forming units (CFU). Forced air patient warming technology is routinely used to ensure active patient warming and body temperature control. This has been shown to significantly decrease the risk of many surgical complications, including infection. Sequential compression devices are also routinely used to help decrease the risk of deep vein thrombosis (DVT). Miami Surgery, LLC is operated by only Board Certified Plastic Surgeons (American Board of Plastic Surgery) and Board Certified Anesthesiologists. Life Safety: Miami Surgery, LLC utilizes the highest quality professional life safety compliance and consulting services available. These experienced professionals maintain our facility and its mechanical functions, including the operating room equipment and anesthesia machine maintenance. They routinely ensure the proper functioning of our life safety systems including fire safety, computer controlled air conditioners and air handlers, medical gas systems, and our generator -which is capable of powering the OR and recovery room for 3 days if there is a city power outage. Our Life Safety experts ensure that we maintain the highest level of safety and remain in compliance with the rules and regulations set forth by the AHCA and the state of Florida. Pharmacist On Staff: Katrina Harp, Pharm.D., RPH, an Independent Consultant Pharmacist, helps ensure strict Medication Management guidelines for the ambulatory surgery center pharmacy. This includes routine monthly updates and education for the physicians and nurses on staff at Miami Surgery, LLC. Dr. Harp helps us ensure the highest level of patient safety and pharmaceutical compliance policy. Our anesthesia is administered by board-certified MD anesthesiologists and our medical staff is fully certified in Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) for emergency situations. Miami Surgery, LLC is an Ambulatory Surgical Center licensed by the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA). Patient Safety Resource Https://floridahealthfinder.gov/facilitylocator/ListFacilities.aspx The Florida Agency for Health Care Administration helps the public make well informed health care decisions. With accurate and trusted health care information and tools to compare health care providers and facilities, consumers can make informed choices.
